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Nina Toren

Nina Toren is a professor of sociology in the School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Social Work: The Case of a Semi-Profession, Science in Cultural Context: Soviet Scientists in Comparative Perspective; Hurdles in the Halls of Science: The Israeli Case, and articles on immigrant scientists, professionals in organizations and women in non-traditional occupations. She was chair of the Committee of Women’s Representation in the Civil Service and on the Committee for the Advancement of Women in Academia.